Chapter 639: Seizing the Golden Page and Snatching the Mustard Dragon Scale Robe
Shen Mo glanced at the white light from the corner of his eye.
He could sense a strange energy within it.
It bore similarities to his own Nine Nether Ice Flame and Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Flame.
This martial technique was likely derived from visualizing an exotic flame.
He suddenly realized—
That's why Xiang Bai had just said they felt somehow similar.
Xiang Bai had probably sensed the presence of his Nine Nether Ice Flame and Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Flame.
After all, the Myriad Phenomena Holy Land never intervened in power struggles. It solely focused on subduing and sealing demonic forces.
Specializing in exorcism and suppression techniques was perfectly in character.
The Great Demon Emperor, sensing a threat, went mad and launched an attack.
He even tore off one of his own arms and hurled it forward.
But Shen Mo, Yin Zanghua, and the others had long since prepared, completely blocking out the corpse rot miasma.
It didn't affect Xiang Bai in the slightest.
At a certain moment—
The white light's power reached its peak.
"Go!"
Xiang Bai let out a low roar.
His massive hooves stomped the ground.
The white light suddenly burst forth.
Everywhere it passed, the corpse rot miasma melted like snow under blazing sun.
It even let out a harsh sizzling sound.
The beam resembled a holy light that could purge all evil in the world. In an instant, it pierced through the Great Demon Emperor.
A miserable scream followed.
His broken body was flung backward.
The obstruction formed by the miasma was also torn apart.
Shi Tianhao reacted swiftly, flashing toward Yue Xinglou.
Clenching his right fist, a massive dragon arm suddenly appeared and came crashing down!
He used a top-tier Heaven-rank martial technique—Tyrant Dragon Fist!
Yue Xinglou had been weakened by the miasma and had only just begun healing.
He never imagined that seemingly harmless Shi Tianhao would suddenly strike.
Instinctively, Yue Xinglou activated a Vajra Talisman.
But it had barely begun to take effect when Shi Tianhao's fist smashed into his chest.
Pfft!
Yue Xinglou spewed blood violently, his body sent flying.
Shi Tianhao closed in. His right hand became a blade, slashing down with force.
With a crack—
A burst of blood.
He directly severed Yue Xinglou's arm—the one clutching the golden page.
Then he reached out and instantly seized the Mustard Dragon Scale Robe from the orb of light.
Without hesitation, he immediately burned his own blood essence to activate the Blood Escape Technique.
In the blink of an eye, he shot out of the Dragon Tomb and headed straight down Qingfeng Peak!
To reach into the orb of light and retrieve the sacred artifact, one must possess the golden page.
This was a rule laid down by the Cangqing Sovereign before his death.
Shi Tianhao had no golden page, so his only way to get one—was to steal it.
Originally, he stood no chance.
Everyone present was stronger than him.
Even a simple-minded demon race like Hu Xinyue wasn't someone he could rob easily.
But the sudden appearance of the Great Demon Emperor and the severe injury of Yue Xinglou gave him an opening.
The moment the miasma blocking the Dragon Tomb's exit was dispersed and Yue Xinglou withdrew beside him to heal, he struck without hesitation.
All of this sounds long, but it happened in the blink of an eye.
Shen Mo and Yin Zanghua saw it clearly and had the chance to intervene—but did not.
Shen Mo had no intention of disrupting fate.
Yin Zanghua held a personal grudge against Yue Xinglou and would never lend a hand.
In the end, everyone watched as Shi Tianhao fled the Dragon Tomb.
Yue Xinglou, furious and bleeding, vomited blood again and passed out.
The Great Demon Emperor reached out and grabbed Yue Xinglou in his palm.
With a sudden inhale—
The life force within Yue Xinglou turned into two wisps of white energy and flowed into the demon's nostrils.
Yue Xinglou's body withered and shriveled at a visible rate.
Meanwhile, the Great Demon Emperor's injuries began rapidly healing.
Xiang Bai's face changed dramatically. "Attack now! Don't let him recover!"
Shen Mo, Yin Zanghua, and Ao Can attacked simultaneously.
Various martial techniques and manifestations bombarded the Great Demon Emperor.
Wracked with pain, the demon howled again and again.
He even lifted Yue Xinglou's body to use as a shield.
Xiang Bai and Hu Xinyue hesitated, unsure if they should strike.
But Yin Zanghua said coldly, "Killing Yue Xinglou will also stop him from being drained."
She had already seen that the corpse rot miasma had deeply penetrated Yue Xinglou's body.
Unless a Supreme personally acted to expel it, he had no chance of recovery.
Right now, survival was the priority—there was no strength to spare for others.
Trying to hit the demon without harming Yue Xinglou? Might as well commit suicide.
Xiang Bai and Hu Xinyue sighed softly and joined the assault.
Yue Xinglou was already on the brink of death.
After being drained of life force, and now attacked by Yin Zanghua and the others, he had no strength to resist.
He soon perished completely.
The young Talisman King of the Heaven Talisman Sect—dead in such a humiliating way.
At that moment, countless martial techniques rained down.
The Great Demon Emperor's body was riddled with holes, like a sieve.
He growled lowly, unable to endure any longer, then leapt into the crack in the ground with Yue Xinglou's corpse still in hand.
Moments later, he vanished from sight.
The corpse rot miasma pouring from the crack grew even thicker.
Even someone with Shen Mo's powerful physique began to feel some discomfort.
This place was no longer suitable for any cultivator to remain.
"Move!"
Ao Can growled, dashing out.
Yin Zanghua, Hu Xinyue, and the others followed closely, rushing out of the Dragon Tomb.
Xiang Bai sighed. He wished he could stay behind to suppress the corpse rot miasma.
But he was only one demon—powerless alone.
So he had no choice but to leave.
Seeing everything unfold exactly as fate had predicted, Shen Mo was very satisfied and likewise left the Dragon Tomb.
He wasn't worried about Corpseriot's resurrection.
Because according to the fated course, only Yue Xinglou died—no one else.
The amount of life force gathered wasn't enough to revive Corpseriot himself.
It would only be enough to resurrect the four Great Demon Emperors under him.
From beginning to end, Corpseriot would never awaken.
"Now then, time to head to the abyss beneath the Jade Bridge and rendezvous with Shi Tianhao." Shen Mo chuckled lightly.
…
Beneath the Jade Bridge—in the abyss.
Shi Tianhao suddenly jolted awake, immediately scanning the surroundings with high alert.
After escaping the Dragon Tomb, he had gone straight down Qingfeng Peak.
The hundred thousand steps of Qingfeng exerted pressure when climbing, but none when descending.
Thanks to this, he descended the peak unhindered.
When he reached the Jade Bridge, he was attacked by several corpse demons and fell off the edge.
He thought he was dead for sure.
Unexpectedly, the mountain of corpses below had absorbed the impact of his fall.
He survived by some miracle.
Aside from a few minor scrapes, he was unscathed.
Within a few breaths, the wounds had already healed.
At this moment, Shi Tianhao almost wanted to burst into laughter.
Heaven has not abandoned me!
Truly, Heaven has not abandoned me!
With his intelligence, he quickly deduced what must have happened inside the grotto.
Most likely, the demon race was trying to revive a long-slumbering Demon Supreme.
Such a grand scheme would surely involve demonic cultivators acting as their vanguard.
Among the demon race, the Corpse Division was most skilled at manipulating bodies.
The innocent cultivators inside the Cangqing Grotto had probably been slaughtered, their corpses used as nourishment to resurrect the Demon Supreme.
Falling into the abyss, reaching a place no one had ever set foot in before—this was a stroke of fortune.
Now, he could avoid facing those demonic cultivators altogether.
And preserve his life!
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